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1、复活节习俗英文版复活节习俗英文版复活节习俗英文版【篇一：复活节中英文介绍no.1】 复活节 as with almost all christian holidays, easter has been secularized and commercialized. the dichotomous nature of easter and its symbols, however, is not necessarily a modern fabrication. 和其它基督教节日一样，复活节正慢慢“被世俗”和“被商业”。即便如此，复活节的这两个性质和它的标志并不是必然的“现代产物”。 the h

2、istory of easter 复活节的历史 since its conception as a holy celebration in the second century, easter has had its non-religious side. in fact, easter was originally a pagan festival. “复活节是神圣的庆典”的概念在公元200年已经形成，自那时起，复活节就站在了非宗教的一方。而事实上，最初的复活节是异教徒的节日。 the ancient saxons celebrated the return of spring with a

3、n uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, eastre. when the second-century christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to christianity. they did so, however, in a clandestine manner. 古

4、撒克逊人庆祝春至时非常热闹，因为这也纪念他们祖先和春天的“复活”。在公元200年，基督教的传教士并偶然来到这个拥有异教庆典的北方部落。这些传教士尝试让撒克逊人改信基督教，而他们使用的方法非常隐秘。 it would have been suicide for the very early christian converts to celebrate their holy days with observances that did not coincide with celebrations that already existed. to save lives, the missionar

5、ies cleverly decided to spread their religious message slowly throughout the populations by allowing them to continue to celebrate pagan feasts, but to do so in a christian manner. 早期的基督教人为了庆祝他们神圣的节日而在仪式中自杀，然而这些仪式并没有与以前的庆祝仪式相类似。为了拯救生命，传教士略施小计，在人群中慢慢散布神明的信息，谎称神明允许人们继续庆祝异教节日，但是要使用基督教的方式进行庆祝。 as it hap

6、pened, the pagan festival of eastre occurred at the same time of year as the christian observance of the resurrection of christ. it made sense, therefore, to alter the festival itself, to make it a christian celebration as converts were slowly won over. the early name, eastre, was eventually changed

7、 to its modern spelling, easter. 就这样，复活节在同年出现了，而且被当作耶稣复活的基督教仪式。因此，这个节日就慢慢被改变，渐渐转变为基督教的一个节日。于是，人们渐渐皈依基督教。而复活节早期的名字eastre，最后也被改成流传至今的拼法easter。 the date of easter 复活节的日期 prior to a.d. 325, easter was variously celebrated on different days of the week, including friday, saturday, and sunday. in that yea

8、r, the council of nicaea was convened by emperor constantine. it issued the easter rule which states that easter shall be celebrated on the first sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. however, a caveat must be introduced here. the full moon in the rule is the e

9、cclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the fourteenth day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the ecclesiastical new moon. it does not always occur on the same date as the astronomical full moon. the ecclesiastical vernal equinox is always on march 21. therefore, easter must be c

10、elebrated on a sunday between the dates of march 22 and april 25. 在公元325年之前，复活节的庆祝时间可以是一周中不同的时间，而这些时间包括星期五、星期六和星期天。在那些年里，康斯坦丁大帝组建了尼西亚理事会。这个理事会制定了复活节的标准：复活节应该在第一个满月后或是春分后的第一个星期进行庆祝。在这里，我们要作一下解释。在规定中所指的“满月”是基督教的满月，而“满月”的时间定在阴历月份的第十四天，那么，这个月的1号就是基督教的“新月”。由于天文满月，复活节的日期不会是每年的同一天。另外，基督教的“春分”通常是3月21日。因此，复活

11、节必须在3月22日-4月24日之间的其中一个星期天进行庆祝。 the lenten season 四旬斋季节 lent is the forty-six day period just prior to easter sunday. it begins on ash wednesday. mardi gras (french for fat tuesday) is a celebration, sometimes called carnival, practiced around the world, on the tuesday prior to ash wednesday. it was

12、designed as a way to get it all out before the sacrifices of lent began. new orleans is the focal point of mardi gras celebrations in the u.s. read about the religious meanings of the lenten season. 四旬斋是早期复活节里面为期46天的时期。四旬斋开始于圣灰星期三。“狂欢节”也称为“嘉年华”。在早期，它横跨星期三和圣灰星期四，是一个全世界都进行的庆典。在四旬斋献祭开始前，狂欢节是一个使人身心舒畅的节日

13、。其中，新奥尔良是美国狂欢节的焦点。因此，我们要好好理解四旬斋的宗教含义。 the easter bunny 复活兔 the easter bunny is not a modern invention. the symbol originated with the pagan festival of eastre. the goddess, eastre, was worshipped by the anglo-saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit. 复活兔并不是现代产物。复活兔起源于异教的复活节。当时，耶稣的世俗象征是一个兔子，并被盎格

14、鲁撒克逊人供奉着。the germans brought the symbol of the easter rabbit to america. it was widely ignored by other christians until shortly after the civil war. in fact, easter itself was not widely celebrated in america until after that time. 而德国人将复活兔带到了美国。直至美国南北战争后，复活兔才被大多数基督教人士所重视。事实上，在这次内战结束后，复活节也未在美国被人们广泛

15、地庆祝。 the easter egg 复活蛋 as with the easter bunny and the holiday itself, the easter egg predates the christian holiday of easter. the exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when easter was first celebrated by christians.与复活兔和复活节一样，复活蛋预示着复活节即将到来。当基督教徒庆祝第一个复活节后，人们开始春天互相交

16、换复活蛋，而这已成为了人们好几百年的习俗。from the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of rebirth in most cultures. eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers. 在早期，复活蛋在许多文明中象征着“再生”。人们常常用金色的叶子包裹复活蛋，或是农民的做法：将复活蛋画得色彩斑斓，并把它和叶

17、子或是真花瓣一起煮沸。 today, children hunt colored eggs and place them in easter baskets along with the modern version of real easter eggs - those made of plastic or chocolate candy. 在今天，孩子们到处搜刮复活蛋，并将这些蛋放到复活节篮子中。为什么呢？因为现代的复活蛋是用软糖或巧克力做的 复活节和圣诞节一样，是外来的节日。圣经?新约全书记载，耶稣被钉死在十字架上，第三天身体复活，复活节因此得名。 复活节 复活节是基督宗教最重大的节日，

18、重要性超过圣诞节，宗教起源与节期在以色列。按圣经?马太福音的说法，耶稣基督在十字架上受刑死后三天复活，因而设立此节。历史学家根据圣经和先进以色列人逾越节的日期，推算出在春分日（3月21日）之后月满后的第一个星期天就是圣经中讲到耶稣复活的日子。由于每年的春分日都不固定，所以每年的复活节的具体日期也是不确定的。但节期大致在3月22日至4月25日之间。关于耶稣基督之死，按基督教教义，是为了赎世人的罪；耶稣基督的身体复活，是为了叫信徒得到永生。因此，在基督宗教中，复活节具有极度重要伟大的意义。英国大部分节日都起源于宗教。复活节发生在过了春分月圆后的第一个星期日，原是纪念西亚异教神明巴力的同父异母妹妹亚

19、斯塔路降生的日子，亚斯塔路也是巴力的情妇。相传巴力得知妹妹亚斯塔路生于一枚天鹅蛋中，就去灌木中寻找；找到了，就抱在怀里孵化出了一只兔子；兔子长大后成了一个美女，和巴力同居，后来在巴力危难之际还救过巴力一命。英语单词easter的词源就是亚斯塔路。 year.1 according to christian scripture, jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. some christians celebrate this resurrection on easter day o

20、r easter sunday2 (also resurrection day or resurrection sunday), two days after good friday and three days after maundy thursday. the chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between ad 26 and ad 36. easter also refers to the season of the church year called eastertide

21、 or the easter season. traditionally the easter season lasted for the forty days from easter day until ascension day but now officiallycitation needed lasts for the fifty days until pentecost. the first week of the easter season is known as easter week or the octave of easter. easter also marks the

22、end of lent, a season of fasting, prayer, and penance. easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. the first council of nicaea (325) established the date of easter as the first sunday after the full moon (the paschal full moon) following the northern hemisp

23、heres vernal equinox.3 ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on march 21 (regardless of the astronomically correct date), and the full moon is not necessarily the astronomically correct date. the date of easter therefore varies between march 22 and april 25. eastern christianity bases its

24、calculations on the julian calendar whose march 21 corresponds, during the twenty-first century, to april 3 in the gregorian calendar, in which calendar their celebration of easter therefore varies between april 4 and may 8. easter is linked to the jewish passover by much of its symbolism, as well a

25、s by its position in the calendar. in most european languages the feast called easter in english is termed by the words for passover in those languages and in the older english versions of the bible the term easter was the term used to translate passover.45 relatively newercitation needed elements s

26、uch as the easter bunny and easter egg hunts have become part of the holidays modern celebrations, and those aspects are often celebrated by many christians and non-christians alike. there are also some christian denominations who do not celebrate easter. popular modern depictions of easter can be v

27、iewed as a celebration of spring.【篇二：2013复活节(easter)介绍及风俗习惯】 过复活节（easter）的国家 一， 过西方教派复活节的国家： 北欧国家：冰岛、挪威、丹麦、瑞典、芬兰。 西欧国家：英国、法国、爱尔兰、比利时、荷兰、卢森堡。 中欧国家：瑞士、德国、奥地利、捷克、斯洛伐克、波兰、列支敦士登。 南欧国家：西班牙、葡萄牙、安道尔、意大利、梵蒂冈、圣马利诺、马耳他、克罗地亚、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、斯洛文尼亚、阿尔巴尼亚、罗马尼亚、保加利亚、匈牙利。 北美国家：加拿大、美国 南美国家：巴西、阿根廷、智利、哥伦比亚、秘鲁、乌拉圭、巴拉圭、委内瑞拉、苏

28、里南、厄瓜多尔、玻璃维亚和圭亚那。 2013年西方教派的复活节是3月31号。 二，过东正教复活节的国家： 俄罗斯，乌克兰，白俄罗斯，罗马尼亚，摩尔多瓦，保加利亚，塞尔维亚，黑山，马其顿，希腊，亚美尼亚，格鲁吉亚 2013年东正教复活节是在5月5号。 三， 复活节预示着新希望 实际上，复活节期间的活动，除基督教的宗教仪式外，许多习俗都源于异教。比如：在英国，每年都要举行复活节化装游行，其间有民族风格的风笛乐队，孩子们装扮的维多利亚女皇时代的皇宫卫队等。在美国纽约，则要举行复活节时装游行。在希腊，有的地方要举行象征性的耶稣葬礼。吃复活蛋，是复活节期间最重要的、也最有趣的习俗。鸡蛋是新的生命的象征。

29、复活节也是合家团聚，或踏青郊游的日子。在西方，不少国家都把节期定为固定假日，大学生也自这一天开始放春假。此时，正是春暖花开，万木争荣时节，不少地方几乎倾城而出，或到公园，或到野外，尽情享受节日的欢乐。 四， 复活节假日 很多地区，尤其是欧洲地区，复活节假期约为4-7天不等。大部分客户所在国家从3月29号开始放假。【篇三：英语节日大全】 节日大全 mothers day introduction as a thank his mother for mothers day holiday, first appeared in ancient greece, time is the annual j

30、anuary 8, while in the united states, canada and some other countries, it is every year the second sunday in may, a number of other countries dates were the same . on this day mothers often receive gifts. 母亲节作为一个感谢母亲的节日，最早出现在古希腊，时间是每年的一月八日，而在美国、加拿大和一些其他国家，则是每年5月的第二个星期天，其他一些国家的日期也并不一样。母亲们在这一天通常会收到礼物。

31、 mid-autumn day mooncakes are to mid-autumn festival what mince pies are to christmas. the seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. and the moon is what this celebrat

32、ion is all about. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month, it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. this year the festival falls on october 1. 中秋节吃月饼就像西方人圣诞节吃百果馅饼一样，是必不可少的。圆圆的月饼中通常包有香甜的莲子馅或是红豆馅，馅的中央还会加上一个金黄的咸鸭蛋黄来代表月亮。而月亮正是中秋节庆祝的主题。每年农历8月15日人们一起庆祝中秋，据说这一天的月亮是一年中最亮最圆的。今年的中秋节恰好是阳历的10月1日（中国的国庆日）。 easter is a time of springtime festivals. in christian countries easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of jesus christ, the son of god. but the celeb